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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-12-14
Is 1t Charity or Sinful Encourage
,neut Of ImurOyidcnce.

We notice that most of the churches, o.
Thanksgiving Day took up collection lor Inc
benefit of the poor. 1t is an admirable plan
and accords well with the spirit of the day
Every community has some needy families IN
it who would feel grateful for help. Such actS
give fresh interest and earnestneSS TO inc 81.
cred feStval-ASSocidte Reformed PTeSOWe-
7idn.
Upon which act we would remark, and COM
mend as worthy of Christian people.
Now, as to the needy families. There seems
to US to be widespread msapprehension as
to what is charity, and as to whose necessities
we are commanded to alleviate. 1t is mis-
take to suppose that it Is our duty to divide
our estate with every poor person: If per-
son be sick at our doors, it is our duty to help
him. If he be unfortunate, it Is our duty to
feed him. But it is not our duty to encourage
laziness by supplying the wants of those who
will not work, or if they work. squander their
earnings for something else than food and
clothing.
If man lose his house by fire, or his horse
should die, it is not our duty to give him an
other horse, or to build him another house
10 do so is to demoralizc him and to make
HIM less energetic.
In our way OF thinking the indiscriminate
way of giving which has now obtalncd'
has a most demoraliZing effect upon many
people. They become careless, and upon the
slightest preteXt send out subscription papers
among their neighbors-a thing which few
selJ-respecting persons should do.
Many good people commit the sin o: s'l-
couraging laziness and thriftlessncsS by CIV
ing gifts, under the idea tbc: I: iS charity. II
man has lost horse. ne should buy another
on q credit, if need be-and If he is honest,
and industrious, he can find some one to sell
him an animal 1t is Il positive sin to
give him another horse, and those who con-
tribute, under the mistake that it is charity to
do SO, commit an offence against society. The
act demoralizes the recipient Of his gifts and
spoils him-and we hold that no good people
should do anything to make their neighborS
less selfreliant aud less self.respecting.
Good natured and simple minded people
often give away much OF their money
in the name OF charity, when, in fact, they are
only encouraging laziness and q chronic state
OF general thrittlessneSs. If the laboring man
should respond to every impudent appeal for
money in the name of charity, he would soon
be without shirt-while the whole army Of
beggars would be clothed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-12-14
To Leave His Old Home.

Mr.. Hugh Wilson. senior, father Of the edi-
tor OF the Press and Banner, who has lived nj
Donalds for many years, has sold his home.
Impressed by the flattering tales which have
been sent abroad about Tallapoosa, a city
which, we are led 10 believe, exists chiefly Oh
paper and in the hallucination OF those who
seek to gather golden fruit which is sure to
turn to blight and bitter dust before IL is gath
cred, he Immediately went to that bleak place
in Georgia, and contracted for piece Of land
upon which to build home.
To induce all old man to break up the asso.
cations Of life time, to part with those to
whom he might look for aid and comfort In
his declining life, TO 60 out among strangers
enfeebled by the infirmities OF threescore and
ten years, that confidlng nature may fall
u victim to heartless SPECTATORS, Is serious
matter Who can foretell the injury. the
pain and sorrow to result from 80 iladvised
an act? Have we no protection from the pub
lication of advertisements of such enter
prises.?
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-12-14
Don't be Deceived,

1t seems to be pity that any OF our people
should be induced to leave the home of their
birth or the land of their adoption, to seek
homes elsewhere, under the delusion that
easy fortunes can be made in distant places.
The fortunes, of which we hear, if made,
were made by lucky hits, and those that
come afterward generally come in time TO
lose their all. The day for good bargains and
great fortunes has passed. We would
especially warn our people against Talla-
poosa, Georgia. While it may be that early
settlers and members Of the land company
have made something, it was by speculating,
and the day for making money there has
passed-in our opinion. Stay at home, ye
men and women of Abbeville. Those who go,
and spend their money, may have reason to
regret it.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-12-14
The Prize Essays and Stories.

The prize essays and stories on "the Mission
of the Press" are published for the benefit Of
the poor boys and poor girls Of Abbeville
county whose parents do not subscribe for q
newspaper.
Knowing, as we do, that there are scores OF
poor boys and poor girls IN Abbeville county,
whose inherited ability and whose natural
tact only need the proper education to place
them on an elevated plane where they may
reflect great honor not only upon their pa
rents, but upon their country, the editor OF
the Press and Banner has gone to the expense
of printing these essays and stories in the
hope that they may fall into the hands OF at
least one boy or girl in whom the
ambition to rise may be awakened to an ac-
tive energy, and whose parents, like the pa
rents of the poor girl of whom the first story
relates, may be as liberal in the matter OF SUBJ
scriptions to some of the newspapers as was
her father.
There are scores Of men to-day in Abbeville
county who could have occupied higher places
in society, in the church, and in the State, II
they, In their youth, had only had the advan-
taees of O good newspaper to inspire them
with the determination to cultivate their
OOu-SlNeu LdleuIS anu W CHCAShoS tiiSAA AA1HAS
and womanly powers.
AS they needed only the guiding hand to
point the way, then let no man, after reading
this story, assume the fearful responsibility OF
deprivng his children of the possibility OF
being fitted to assume the more useful ana
the more important duties of life.
While the editor Of the Press and Banner
would be glad TO enroll on his books the name
of every parent of worthy children, yet the
main object OF the publications Is to impress
upon the minds of all the value and import
ance of the newspaper in the household.
TO citizens Of Abbeville county who do not
desire to subscribe for the Press and Banner
we would most cheerfully recommend the 40
beufUe Medium, the Greenwood Tribune, the
Mccormick Ne,os, the Honea Path Messenger.
To those in want Of family newspapers we
would most heartily recommend The Associate
Reformed Presbyterian at Due W est,and the
Christian Nei01bor at Columbia. Each OF
these newspapers are worth tenfold more than
their subscription price.
Every parent cannot send all his children
to school, but there is no man in Abbeville
county so poor, that he cannot give his chill
dren the benefit to be received from one or all
OF these newspapers.
With the wish that the poor boys and poor
girls of Abbeville county may be given at
least an opportunity. and all proper encour-
agement, to rise to the higher positions to
which their natural ability entitle them, the
prize stories and essays are published.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-12-14
The Right VIII Prevail.

The indications are that our people will
soon call halt in their mad career in seeking
lawful measures by which they may rob the
laborer, the energetic citizen, and the capt.
talist to educate class OF trif1ing, thriftless
people, who would gladly transfer the respon-
sibility of their children to the State at large
We are pleased to note in connection with
this that the Legislature is taking steps look
Ing to economy in that line, and that some Of
the more able and outspoken Of the country
press have had enough Of the iniqultous and
tyrannical methods which have prevailed.
and WI ich are now prevailing, to raise money
to educate other peoples children and to
build other peoples railroads.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-12-14
The Bubble Burst.

1t now turns out that the great boom ut Tai
lapoosa, is about exploded, and that the citt-
zens of Birmingham are waiting for the inev.
table crash, which will wipe out Of existence
the last vestige Of the fortunes OF thousands
Of unlucky people who recently went wild
over the advertised speculations. Quite a
number of the citizens of Abbeville hayc
reached Tallapoosa just in time for the col
lapse. Others, we learn, are expecting to go
to this dreary, bleak place, where nothing in
viting is to seen, except in the dreams OF
those who have fallen into the hope that great
fortune awaits them from some unknown
source.
For an Abbeyille man, we believe there is
no place like Abbeville, and, If the expert
ences Of nine out Of ten of those who have
gone away can be believed, there are but few
who 60 away who do not live to see the day
when they regret their departure from the
homes of their birth. It is all well enough
for~crowded and oppressed citizens in old
countries to seek liberty and elbow room III
the New World, but there is no good reason
why we should leave the civilization OF Abbc-
Vile county TO seek home among strangers.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-12-14
The Christian NeighbOr.

The subscription price of this most excel.
lent newspaper has been reduced to one dollar
yea,. 1t is one Of the best newspapers to be
found anywhere, and no family should be
without 1t. All It's ways are peace, and all its
paths are pleasantness. Upright in principle
and high in tone, 1t is worthy teacher OF
those mobiles principles which are 60 beauti-
fully exempllfied in the daily life Of Its below
ed editor, who has with unselfish zeal, labored
so many years for the good OF mankind. Ad.
dress Rev. Sidl H. Browne, Columbia, 8. c.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-12-14
The Factory.

Last Sale Day was the time appointed for
the committee on the proposed factory at
Abbeville to report 10 somebody. In the
crowded condition of our public square, 1t
seems that the factory was forgotten-at least
we never thought of it for week afterward'
We presume the infant factory has been laid
away quietly and peacefully to rest. The pro-
position was one which could not be carried
out, and hence 1t has died natural death.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-12-14
A THREATENED DESTRUCTION OF THE
ENERGIES WHICH HAVE MADE CIVIL
ZATI0N POSSIBLE.
How far Shall the System Of Robbiug
MinOrtties be Carried.
IYinnsboro NeWs and Herald.

WuNSOOTO IfeUS ana HeTQtQ.
Heretofore we have supported the public
school system, justifying, or trying to justi-
~ II, on the ground OF imperative necessity
but recent experiences have not been such as
incline us to the proposition to extend the
principle. We have been almost ready to say,
"Back TO the common lawr
The question which now confronts US Is,
how far can we go, or rather, how far will the
dominant Democracy of the future go 4?
We have established q precedent of univer.
sal application. With the taxing power we
have established schools and built costly
edlfices for educational purposes; we have
built railroads for private parties we have
dug canals, tunneled the noun ntains, organic.
ed and equipped public charities, and all In
defiance Of the rights of protesting minori-
ties. 'It is all for the public good,' we are
told and "men ought to help their fellow
men. ARMED with the taking power" this
new militant benevolence threatens TO de-
stroy the very energies that have made civili-
Zation possible.
The Democracy should be taught to believe
that they should supplement the school fund
with private. subscriptions. and when they
want to build O railroad to do 1t, but not by
forcing the funds out of the pockets Of an
unwilling minority by means of "local taxa
tiOn."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-12-14
Cruelty to Children.

The humanitarian move in the Legislature
to prevent cruelty to children In requiring
them to work twelve hours day, was met by
from nearly all the mill men.
We take it for granted that the capitalists will
have their way, and 1t Is to be hoped that this
cry for mercy to the poor operatives may not
chill the ardor of factory builders any where.
What need politicians care for the life-blood Of
poor down-trodden boys and girls, who may
be compelled to wear their lives away In these
institutions?
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-12-14

THE colored Methodist Conference of South
Carolina was in session in Newberry for sew
eral days last week. From published ac-
counts OF the proceedings, we are led to be-
lievc that this branch Of Christians is making
great progress in every commendable effort to
bless their race,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-12-14

THE searlcs & Dallas factory, near McCor.
mick, is paying Is or 16 per cent dividend.
The books are now open for the enlargement
Of the capital stock, with view to increasing
the machinery. The mill Is located on Long
Cane creek, and If any factory In Abbeville
can pay, 1t ought to be made to pay.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-12-14

THE UinnsJoro NeWS and Herald Is doing
good service in rcfuting the communistic doc
trine which now prevails in this State, and
which has for its source, the robbery Of the
citizen to sustain schools for other peoples
children.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-12-14

The Press and Bonner notices with pleasure
the recent kindly words OF the Greenvtte
Neus in reference to our supplement and
prize story.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-12-14

Smiths is the place to go for Holiday. goods.
A beautiful and exquisit line of China Tea
Sets, Vases, Cups, and Saucers Dolls, Toys,
Albums, etc.
Call on Smith G. Son, for "Turkish Prunes;'
Anything and everything In the way Of choice
Nuts. and especially for fresh Citrons, Raisins,
CurrantS,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-12-14
Notice to Hunters.
Smith e. Sons Holiday Locals.

Ifyou want a bargain In Gun, Shells, Pow
der, Shot, &C., call on J. F. MILLER, Agent.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-12-14
Death Of an Ifinerant's Wife.

Mrs. Clarke, wife Of Rev. w. A. Clarke, Of
Tumbling Shoals Circuit, South Carolina Con-
ference, died Dec. 8. Her death was caused
by blow on the head received from horse
several weeks ago. Our dear Brother and his
children have our close sympathy In their
sad bereavement,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-12-14

Mr.. HUGH WILSON, senior, was in town
last Monday.
The Irish standard., 1887-05-07
A Heavy Verdict.

LONDON, May 3.-The trial of the
suit of St. John Brennan against VIM.
Ridgeway, publisher, for libel in accus-
ing the plaintiff of being a Fenian and
a former alley Of the invincibles, was
continued to-day. Counsel for Mr..
Ridgeway declared that the black
pamphlet was written by Fenian,
whose destruction would be certain if
his name became known. Mr.. Bren-
mans evidence showed that he had as
sociated with and assisted the worst
dynamiters in Paris. Counsel held this
to have proved the case against him.
The judge, in charging the jury. said
the defendant had not proven justifica-
tion. The jury returned a verdict for
the plaintiff awarding him $500 dam
ages
The Irish standard., 1887-05-07

The carnival season of 1887 in Rome
will be long remembered as one of the
very few recorded in history which has
witnessed snow lying in the streets.
The snow fall of February 8 and 10 was
remarkable for intensity and duration.
Little boys might be seen snowballing
on the Pincian Hill, and building up a
snowman in the great square in front
of the station; photographers working
from dawn to dark in order to secure
the record of effects, which the present
generation will probably never see
again; and crowds of curious sight
seers, mostly Romans, visiting the
Forum, the Colosseum, the Fountain of
Trevi, and other picturesque sites, in
order to view them under an altogether
novel aspect.-Ave Marie.
The Irish standard., 1887-05-07

son." and so VAS arrested and cast into
prison. But having made his escape he
fled to Spain and became rector of the
Irish college of Seville. He wrote a
mastery controversial work called the
''Jesuits' Challenger" The book was
deemed worthy of answer from several
learned Protestants. among whom
| were Usher, 1.-The great pillar of the es-
tablished church, +" as DIR. johnson calls
him: DR.. Joshua Hoyle, divinity pro-
fessor in Trinity College, Dublin; Roger
Tuttock, an English Protestant minis
ter, and DR.. Synge. Peter Redan, also
learned Jesuit, and native OF Meath,
was edu Gated at Salamanca, where he
became famous for his erudition. He
died at the age of 81. He was the
author of an able work against the
Manicheans. David Roche, d. D, OF
the University of Douay, bishop of Os-
sorry and vice-primate of Ireland, was
most patriotic prelate, ''a man of great
natural parts and very we'll accomp-
lished in learning" Usher speaks OF
of him as scholar and calls him
''curious inquirer into the antiquities OF
his country" The great Protestant
archbishop also confesses that he owes
much to Roche in matters of learning
and information. Messingham says
'sthat he was we'll versed in all sorts OF
learning, was an elegant orator, SUBJ
tile philosopher, a profound divine, an
eminent historian and sharp reprover
of vice." Bishop Roche was certainly
an able and voluminous writer. His
''Hibernia Resurgens'' was directed
against Dempster, the ambitious
Scotchman, who made claim to the
saints of Erin as natives of his own
country. The vigor Of his pen and his
Irish Pathological knowledge are clear
ly shown in this little work, ''David
Rothe," says Father Meeban, swhose
works are destined to elevate and per-
petuate the name of his progenitors
and kindred, and whose chequered life
extending over so considerable por-
tion of the first half Of the seventeenth
century-would be sufficient to interest
us without his celebrity as a writer"
MCGEE says of this prelate: Among
the churchmen of the age who gave
themselves up to research and author
ship, scarcely any, if we except Nicholas
French, has clearer claim to remem-
brance. His book, more than any
other, prepared the minds Of Ireland
for the confederacy, and the Irish
abroad for cooperation in it's projects"
The Irish standard., 1887-05-07
Were the Romans in Ireland?

We do not, believe that the Romans
ever invaded Ireland. There is no room
for doubt on the subject, and no his
torical inquiry is more lacking in data
or more suggestive of wasted energy
than Of the Romans having conquered
Ireland. The lack both Of historical
and archaeological record of any such
invasion appears to afford proof pre-
sumptive that the Roman legions never
appeared in the country. Tacitus makes
no mention of any invasion by Agri-.
cola. The throwing up Of intrench-
ments from the Clyde to the Forth is
more consistent with desire to guard
against Caledonian incursions than
with design to invade Ireland. Fur
ther, the entire absence from Ireland of
any Roman remains or inscriptions
of Agricola's time initiates strongly
against the theory that he endeavored
to push his conquests to that side of the
Channel. If the Romans had crossed
over to Ireland it might certainly have
been naturally expected that some
traces of their strong Notifications
would be found existing at the present
day. But there is no trace of any Ro-
man encampment, though there are
vestiges of a very large number of raths,
and circuler earthen ramparts surround
ed by deep ditch, visible to this day in
various parts of the country. These
raths are mostly Of ancient Irish origin,
and popular opinion, though it often
attributes them to Danish. never at
tributes them to Roman origin. These
facts, together with the unanimous
silence of Irish historians, notably of
the Four Masters, appear to demon
strate beyond doubt the non-arrival Of
the Romans in Ireland. When a ma
tion's historiographers are reticentupon
such point we cannot be far wrong in
banishing it to the limbo Of historica:
inaccuracies World.
The Irish standard., 1887-05-07

The Shannon rises in Gavin County.
1t has it's source in copious spring
called the Shannon Pot at the foot of
the Cuilgh Mountain, in Glangiven, in
the townland Of Derrylaghan. From
this place to Kerry Head, where it falls
into the sea, is distance of 243 miles.
The Irish standard., 1887-05-07

Agent Cheeny, of the Cheyenne
agency, has ordered all the cattlemen
off the reservation. They will have
till May 81 to 60, after which date force
will be used.
The Irish standard., 1887-05-07

The Chicago walters are generally
getting higher wages from their threat.
ened strike.
The Irish standard., 1887-05-07

It appears that the total of archiepis-
copal and Episcopal Sees in the British
Empire is between a seventh and
eighth of the entire episcopate Of the
Church. The Catholic population of
the British Empire is estimated at
9,682, 900, half of which belongs to Great
Britain and Ireland. In Australasia
alone there are 568 900 Catholics.
, 1887-01-14
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.

Hon. James jackson, chief Justice o
Georgia, died at his home in ATLANTA
last night at Q o'clock, aged 81.
The president has granted a respite
until April 8, 1887, to Patrick McCarty,
who was to be executed Jan. IA, at Fort
Smith, Tex.
Jennie Hedrick, convicted in Kansas
City of murder as accessory after the fact,
has been sentenced to three months i'm
prisonment and 800 fine.
\ dispatch was received last evening by
the executive council of the Irish National
League of America, in session at Cincin-
natl, announcing that an eviction crusade
had been in progress for several days past
in Kerry, and that agents and bailiffs we're
carrying p%araine oil lamps and setting fire
to the houses as each family was evicted,
and that scores OF families we're homeless.
A dynamite cartridge was placed on the
track Of the Larkin street branch line OF
the Suttcr street cable road, San Fran
cisco, last evening. A dummy car was
completely wrecked, and the windows OF
many houses in the vicinity demolished
Many Of the passengers on the dummy
were thrown into the street, but no one
was seriously injured.
, 1887-01-14
Bismarck Speaks Again.

BERLIN. Jan. l3.-The debate on the
army bill was resumed in the reichstag
to-day. Prince Bismarck again spoke.
He said he regretted he had been pre-
vented from listening to Herr Richter's
speech denying that the German Liberal
press had attacked the chancellor Bull
garian policy. Germany interviewed in
Bulgaria, Prince Bismarck said, solely to
prevent the execution OF the conspirators
who were implicated in the plot against
Prince Alexander, Sc hat the mainten-
ance OF peace might be u%nimpeded.
At a meeting of the Progressist mem
bers of the ~reichstag last evening, it was
decided to support the Center in voting
for the triennate term as the duration Of
the army bill.
, 1887-01-14
A Fight With Strikers.

SCRANTON, Pa, Jan. 13.-The discon-
tent among the striking miners formerly
in the employ Of the Hillsdale Coal COM
pany at the consolidated colliery near
Moosic, manifested itself on Wednesday
morning, when working miners or black
legs were assaulted by the strikers as the
former were returning from work to the
barracks, where they eat and sleep. A
warrant was issued for the arrest of James
Ward, the r~ingleader of the disturbances,
and when the officers arrived they were
net by a bowling mob of 500, who began
throwing stones at them. The mob at
tackled the barracks and riddled the win
dows with stones. The guards seized
their rifles and the "blacklegs' rushed for
formidable looking rcvolvers, determined to
hold the tort. The assault on the barracks
continuing, the order was given to fire and
twenty balls sped in the direction of the
mob, and the crowd turned and fed. II
cannot now be ascertained whether any Of
the strikers were shot or not.